GRACEFUL HONEYEATER

295          GRACEFUL HONEYEATER              Meliphaga gracilis

Australia         (265)

14-16.5 cm. Smallest of the three 'Meliphaga'. Found in rainforests, vine scrub, eucalypt woodlands, coastal scrubs, lantana, orchards and gardens. Range ne. Queensland, Ingham up to tip Cape York.

BUFF-RUMPED THORNBILL

294          BUFF-RUMPED THORNBILL           Acanthiza reguloides

Australia             (264)

Also known as Bark or Buff-rumped Tit, or Varied Thornbill. Range s. and se. mainland, from Atherton in the n., through most of NSW except nw, all of Vict., and across to Adelaide. Found in open stringy bark forest, woodland, scrub and golf courses. 11 cm.

YELLOW THORNBILL

293        YELLOW THORNBILL              Acanthiza nana

Australia            (263)

Also known as Little Thornbill. Range across e. and se. mainland Australia, from Mackay, Atherton Tablelands, to Cunnamulla, in NSW west as far as Cobar/Ivanhoe, all of Vict, and in SA w. to Goolwa and n. to Flinder's Ranges. Found in drier woodlands, coastal and inland scrub, riverine forests, mangroves, orchards, parks and gardens. 10 cm.

WHITE-THROATED TREECREEPER

292           WHITE-THROATED TREECREEPER              Cormobates leucophaeus

Australia          (262)

Also known as Little Treecreeper or Woodpecker. 16-17.5 cm. Range down eastern mainland Australia from Mackay to SA border, and around Adelaide. Found in rainforests, wetter eucalypt forests, woodlands, coastal teeters, ravine forests, mallee and brigalow.

YELLOW ORIOLE

Photographed in Ingham, Queensland.

291            YELLOW ORIOLE                Oriolus flavocinctus

Australia           (261)

26-30 cm. Range across n. Aust. from w. Kimberley to Top End, and in Q. from Cape York Peninsular down to Ingham. Found in Rainforests, dense vegetation on watercourses, woodlands, paperbarks, mangroves, plantations, orchards and gardens.

JACKY WINTER

 290              JACKY WINTER             Microeca fascinans

Australia      (260)

Also known as Brown Flycatcher, Peter Peter and Stumpbird. 12-14 cm. Range across mainland Australia except driest desert, patchy in settled areas. Found in open woodlands, scrublands, paddocks with live/dead trees, stumps, fences, watercourses and roadsides.

EASTERN REEF EGRET (dark morph)

289        EASTERN REEF EGRET (dark morph)           Egret sacra

Australia          (259)

60-70 cm, span 90 cm-1 m. Range around coastline of mainland Australia except in the Bight and Victoria. Found on coasts and islands, rocky shores, coral reefs, tidal rivers and inlets.

LESSER FRIGATEBIRD

Photographed above Captain Billy's Landing, Cape York.

288             LESSER FRIGATEBIRD            Fregata ariel

Australia       (258)

Also known as Man-o'-war Bird. Range: breeds islands and cays off tropical n. Australia;regular summer/autumn visitor to coastal n. Australia, s. to se. Queensland, n. NSW, off n. WA coast. Found in tropical and subtropical seas, coasts and islands. 70-82 cm, wingspan 1.8-1.9 m, female larger.

LITTLE TERN

287                LITTLE TERN              Sterna albifrons

Australia         (257)

21-24 cm, span c. 50 cm. Range around the coast of the mainland from Shark Bay (WA) north to Adelaide (SA) and along n. and e. coast of Tasmania. Found in coastal waters, bays, inlets, beaches, sand dunes, lakes and salt lakes. Summer migrants

BROWN GERYGONG

286           BROWN GERYGONG               Gerrygone mouki

Australia          (256)

Also known as the Brown Wabler. 9-11 cm. Range along eastern coast from Sale (Vic) to Cooktown (Q). Found in wet coastal/mountain rainforest, vegetated gullies and mangroves. 

GREY-FACED PETREL

Photographed on pelagic trip out of Wollongong.

285        GREY-FACED PETREL                 Pterodroma gouldi 

Australia            (255)

Also known as Great-Winged Petrel until recent split (2016). 38-43 cm, wingspan c.1 m. Found around southern coastline from Bribane to Geraldton.

SOLANDER'S PETREL

284         SOLANDER'S PETREL               Pterodroma solandri

Australia             (284)

Also known as Big Hill Muttonbird, Brown-headed Petrel, Providence Petrel. 40 cm, span c. 1 m. Breeds only on Lord Howe Island, formerly NorfolkIsland. Was eaten on Norfolk by convicts. Found off shore from Brisbane south

PACIFIC GULL

Photographed in Tasmania

283                PACIFIC GULL            Larus pacificus
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Australia        (253)

Also known as Mollymawk. Rnges along s. coast of Australia from Sydney s. to Port Hedland (WA).

KELP GULL

282           KELP GULL           Larus dominicanus

Australia       (252)

Also known as Dominican Gull and Southern Black-backed Gull.  55-60 cm, 1.28 -1.4 m. Occurs in patches around coast of s and se mainland and Tasmania, small breeding colonies Moon Is., Five Is, and Sydney-Port Kembla region(NSW), Seal Rock (Vic)s. WA w. to Esperence Larger colonies on islands s. of Hobart, Also seen Townsville and Jurien Bay(WA).